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≡ THE 5-RING CIRCUS ≡
● Olympic Games 2028: Los Angeles ● Here’s another big job now open at the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee: Head of Language Services.
The top five priorities for the role are to (1) “Lead the end-to-end planning and execution of Language Services for the Games, including interpretation, signage review, and multilingual communication support”; (2) “Define the scope, service levels, and resourcing model for Language Services in collaboration with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC), and other key stakeholders”; (3) “Recruit, train, and manage a diverse team of staff, contractors, and volunteers, including professional interpreters, volunteers, and venue-based workforce”; (4) “Implement innovative solutions, such as remote interpretation platforms and translation technologies, to maximize efficiency and service quality;” and (5) “Ensure service delivery meets client group needs at competition venues, non-competition venues, and key Games-time operations centers.”
A massive task; the salary specified is from $126,000 to $180,000 per year, but don’t expect a corner office, or even an office: “The LA28 office is an open floorplan working environment; employees must be able to work efficiently in an open cubicle environment.”
● Olympic Winter Games 2026: Milan Cortina ● The Milan Cortina 2026 organized unveiled their uniforms for the Games, to be worn primarily by the 18,000 volunteers and provided by French mountain apparel and equipment brand Salomon.
Each uniform package includes 17 items with more than 400,000 pieces in all to be distributed. The kit include an outer jacket, shirts, two styles of pants for indoor and outdoor use, hats, gloves, a backpack and X ULTRA 360 MID GORE-TEX hiking boots for those in mountain and outdoor areas.
● World University Games ● The International University Sports Federation (FISU) announced that Jilin (CHN) has applied to host the 2027 Winter World University Games, and if approved after a review process, will be formally selected.
China previously hosted the Winter WUG in 2009 in Harbin. Turin (ITA) hosted the 2025 edition earlier this year, with 1,503 athletes from 54 countries contesting 11 sports.
● Athletics ● The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency banned Indian distance runner Kartik Kumar for three years for multiple prohibited substances, including steroids, from a 27 February 2025 test, based on a referral from a whistleblower.
Kumar trains in the U.S.; his ban started on 10 April 2025. Kumar has bests of 13:37.6 for 5,000 m (2024), 28:01.90 for 10,000 m (2024) and 2:14:19 for the marathon, in 2023.
● Shooting ● At the ISSF World Rifle-Pistol Championships in Cairo (EGY), Norway’s 2022 women’s World 300 m/3 Positions gold medalist Jeanette Hegg Duestad, won the women’s 50 m Rifle/3 Positions gold, moving up from the bronze at the 2022 Worlds.
She maintained the lead from the start and finished at 465.8, enough to win over 17-year-old Emely Jaeggi (SUI: 465.3), the 2023 World Junior silver winner. Britain’s Seonaid McIntosh, the 2018 World Champion, took the bronze at 454.6.
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